John Medley Wood

John Medley Wood ( born December 1, 1827 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; † August 26, 1915 in Durban ) was an Anglo- South African botanist who worked in South Africa. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " JMWood ".

Wood in 1882 curator of the Botanical Gardens in Durban. The genus Woodia Schltr. from the plant family of the dogbane family ( Apocynaceae ) has been named after him.

Works

  • Together with M. S. Evans: Natal plants .... From 1898 to 1912.

Swell

  • Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.): Handbook of Plant Names. 13th edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
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